Black Knight (rocket)
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Black Knight was a British research ballistic missile, originally developed to test and verify the design of a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak missile. It is the United Kingdom's first indigenous
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Nose cone of Black Knight BK10.
Rear of Black Knight BK10 - note the engine nozzles and aerodynamic fins.
Gamma 201 engine and re-entry head of the Black Knight rocket
Black Arrow
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Black Arrow, officially capitalised BLACK ARROW, was a British liquid-fuelled three-stage expendable launch system. In 1971 Black Arrow's fourth final flight placed the Prospero satellite into low Ear
Black Knight (rocket)
…and the Black Knight, known as the Black Prince. Technology and experience gained on the Black Knight programme would contribute to the subsequent Black Arrow expendable launch vehicle programme. During the early 1950s, the British government had identified the need to develop its own series of ballistic…
A mockup of the Black Arrow in the rocket park at Woomera.
The first two stages and open payload fairing of R4 on display at the Science Museum in London
Black Arrow R4 on display in the Science Museum, with the stages and fairing separated, and the flight spare of the Prospero satellite
The first stage of Black Arrow R3, on display at William Creek following its return to Earth